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Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young was named the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year today. After sitting on the bench and watching for the first month of the season, the Longhorn Legend finally got his chance. Once VY was given the opportunity to prove himself, he did what we all expected him to do – he danced, pranced, cajoled and lead his team to amazing victory after amazing victory, carrying the 0-5 Titans to...

In his first endorsement deal since leaving UT and going pro, Vince Young was today unveiled as the latest poster-child for national debit card company NetSpend.

Over the past year, the students and faculty of St. Andrew’s high school , located on Southwest Parkway, have seen their campus divided over the content of the English Department’s reading list. This is part 1,208 in our nationwide series entitled “Ignorance & Self-Righteousness, or, America: The Great Leap Backward.” Last fall, Cary McNair – affluent film producer and son of millionaire oilman/Houston Texans owner Robert McNair – pulled his kids and his money...

• The Houston Texans exercised their buy-back option on David Carr's contract- implying a pass on Vince Young.
• We're raking in the celebrities here in Travis County, into our civil courts sytem, including that super-hunk Jason Patric.
• The gambling industry is vying for some action in Texas (but who isn't?).
• LaMarcus Aldridge consistently impresses coaches, peers and NBA scouts; he has very real possibilty of being an NBA overall draft pick.
• What has been coined as "Operation Rio Grande", Governor Rick Perry plans to increase patrols at the Texas-Mexico border in an effort to minimize drug trafficking through the state.
• A proposed law could allow restaurant patrons to bring their dogs to dine with them on outdoor patios. We always knew that Austin was a dog-friendly city.
• The Texas State History Museum is currently hosting a gloomy exhibit that details an era in African American History called "A Slave Ship Speaks: Wreck of the Henrietta Marie."
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The Houston Texans seem poised to take Reggie Bush with the first pick in the NFL Draft. And while Longhorn fans who root for the doormats of the NFL might be pleading with the Texans to take Vince Young instead, they may want to reconsider. Apparently Vince Young has not hired an agent, leaving open the possibility of him returning to UT for his final year and the chance to go after back-to-back national championships. There is some speculation that if Young can not play for his hometown Texans he would rather stay and enjoy his final year of eligibility and being a total living legend in Austin.